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Sneffels - Red Mountain District

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001032
MRDS ID MP90023
Record type District
Current site name Sneffels - Red Mountain District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.75064, 37.9581 (WGS84)
Relative position SNEFFELS CAMP LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF CANYON CREEK IN IMOGENE BASIN, WEST OF HAYDEN MTN.. RED MTN. CAMP LOCATED AT HEAD OF RED MTN. CREEK, EAST OF HAYDEN MTN..
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Ouray

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATIONSILICIC, PORPHLITIC, ARGILLIC, ADVANCED ARGILLIC, SERICITIC

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.75064, 37.9581
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Local THE SNEFFELS AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS ARE IN THE EXTERIOR UNIT OF THE CALDERA. THE RED MOUNTAIN DISTRICT IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HIGHLY FAULTED ZONE.
Regional THE SILVERTON CALDERA HAS AN INTERIOR DOWN FAULTED CIRCULAR BLOCK, SURROUNDED BY SOME TILTED AND LOCALLY FAULTED ROCKS, SURROUNDED BY HIGHLY FAULTED ROCKS, AND AN EXTERIOR ZONE OF RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED BUT FISSURED ROCKS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture: FISSURES, FRACTURES, FAULTS, WALL ROCK

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name SNEFFELS - RED MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.

  • Deposit

    BARTOS, PAUL J., 1993, COMPARISON OF GOLD-RICH AND GOLD-POOR QUARTZ-BASE METAL VEINS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, 7 P.